Open Basic Education (OBE)

Programme providing a elementary education at three levels, for
school drop-outs and neo-literates, out of school learners through
Accredited Agencies.

Under its "Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)", the Government of
India, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has been
endeavouring to provide Basic Education to all children, youth and
adults in the country. Uttar Pradesh State Open School Board (UPSOSB) has launched the Open Basic Education (OBE) Programme, as an
alternative educational programme, equivalent to the Elementary
Education Programme of the formal education system. The OBE
Programme explores and makes use of the potentialities of Distance
Education Mode (DEM) for reaching the unreached. The Foundation
Course of UPSOSB has been subsumed into the Open Basic Education
9OBE) Programme. There is a provision of separate OBE programme for
children and adults. Some significant highlights of OBE programme
areas follows: